One of my goals this year is to add in more fresh fruits and veggies in my diet. I have a bad habit that when I get hungry, I have a tendency to reach for the boys' snacks. As a way to make a change, I decided to put a fruit bowl next to the snack canisters on my kitchen counter. As long as I keep the bowl full, I go for the good stuff! This week I have a bunch of Florida Grapefruits piled up in the bowl - yum!

Besides the fact that they taste amazing, fresh Florida Grapefruit is only 60 calories per serving, is a good source of fiber and is fat free. Plus, one-half of a medium Florida grapefruit or one serving of 100% Florida grapefruit juice is an excellent sources of vitamin C. By grabbing that grapefruit, I am satisfying my need to snack plus giving my body great nutrition!

Instead of a sugary soda, a quick squeeze of a big Florida Grapefruit yields the most amazing juice. No need for the diet drinks and sodas, 100% Florida Grapefruit Juice has fewer than 100 calories per 8 oz. serving. You get great taste without all those artificial ingredients and empty calories.

While they are great as is, you can also whip up some incredible recipes with Florida Grapefruit. I love a good Grapefruit Guacamole Salsa - it is so fresh and would be an awesome dip for your football party this weekend! Really the options are endless, you can find a ton of great recipes over on the Juicy Scoop Facebook page.

Even better, we have a new printable coupon that will help us fill the fruit bowl at a great price. Head over and grab a great printable coupon:

The folks at Florida Grapefruit have offered to give an I Heart Publix reader a $100 Publix gift card just for sharing your best grapefruit recipe that incorporates at least 1/2 cup of grapefruit. You will be able to keep your fruit basket filled for a long time with that gift card!

Entry is simple! You just need to complete the task below! As a reminder, comments left on Facebook, Twitter or other posts will not be included. I will choose the winner on Monday 2/4 at 11 pm.

REQUIRED ENTRY:

Share your best grapefruit recipe that incorporates at least 1/2 cup of grapefruit in the comments below. I can't wait to see what you guys come up with!

Disclosure: This giveaway is sponsored by the folks at Florida Grapefruit. All comments and opinions are my own.

I made a lot of grapefruit things this past weekend – grapefruit bars (I simply replaced lemon juice with grapefruit juice and zest in a creamy bar recipe – can of condensed milk, 4 egg yolks and 3/4 C of juice and some zest baked in a crust), candied grapefruit peel (eventually put in cookies) and a grapefruit yogurt cake from Smitten Kitchen (http://smittenkitchen.com/blog/2007/01/cake-paradisi/)

1.Arrange the grapefruit sections and avocado slices attractively in a shallow serving dish. In a bowl, whisk together the orange juice, olive oil, lime juice, and honey until well combined; drizzle the dressing over the grapefruit and avocado slices. Season to taste with salt and black pepper. Serve immediately.

I make super delicious smoothies with grapefruit juice. I use 2-3 bananas, 5-7 strawberries, handful of blueberries, a few blackberries, and a cup or two of grapefruit juice and some ice. Best smoothie ever! Sometimes I throw some spinach in there to benefit even more.

Mix 4 parts fresh squeezed grapefruit juice with 1 part of your favorite vodka & ice in mixing tin. Take a highball glass and run a slice of grapefruit around the rim (to wet). Then, dip the rim lightly in salt. Pour the liquids into the glass and serve! Yumm!

This looks like an awesome recipe. You get most of all your food groups in this recipe with a little zing in it! Who doesn’t love asian cooking and cilantro? I am a cilantro fanatic so I can’t wait to use my $2 coupon to get some grapefruit and didn’t we see the shrimp on sale a few weeks ago? Maybe it will come back to make an awesome deal on this asian salad!

Put shrimp in saucepan with salted water to cover then bring to boil and turn off heat.
Allow to sit 5 minutes then cool in refrigerator or under cold running water then peel.
Combine fish sauce with 2 tablespoons water, sugar and lime juice then whisk until smooth.
Arrange lettuce on 4 plates then top each portion with a few grapefruit pieces.
Add some shrimp, mint and cilantro then drizzle with dressing.
Sprinkle with the minced chilies and chopped peanuts.

Don’t quote me on this, but I do believe that grapefruit is always recommended in your diet (losing weight diet) because it also contains something that curbs hunger….or maybe satisfies hunger. Just a thought. Look it up if you want more info….But my mother turned me on to cottage cheese and grapefruit when I was 5 (1979)while she attended weight watchers (and I don’t think my mother has ever weighed over 125…which might have been her heaviest!!!) Anyway. I still eat it for breakfast, and having a grapefruit tree in the back yard doesn’t hurt….I add granola, or even just grape nuts for fiber…but plain and just segmented is the best!

This is a recipe that I am requested to bring to the 4th of july BBQ EVERY YEAR! It is called drunken grapefruit salad and the recipe is as follows
Ingredients: 8 cups of white and pink grapfruit
1/4 cup of granulated sugar
3 fl oz of gin
8 fresh mint leaves minced
8 whole mint leaves
1/2 cup grapefruit juice
Mix the grapefruit, grapefruit juice and sugar in a bowl until the sugar dissolves. Put the mixture into individual dixie cups, the small ones. Sprinkle minced mint leaves onto tops and garnish with whole mint leaves! Enjoy

Mix the goat cheese and 1/2 the honey. Spread lightly on the toast sections. Top with a quarter of salami and one segment of grapefruit. Drizzle remaining honey over all of the bread bites. Finish with cracked black pepper on the top!

Cut the ends off the grapefruit and oranges and stand upright. Cut away the remaining skin and membrane, exposing the fruit. Cut between the membranes to release the sections. Combine the fruit sections in a bowl and gently toss with the brown sugar and coconut. Arrange on individual plates and sprinkle with macadamia nuts.

Peel and segment the grape fruit. The easiest way to do this is to cut the top and bottom off, and then follow the lines of the fruits with your knife around the sides to remove the peel. Then carefully slice within each membrane of the fruit to remove fruit segments. Note: This takes a lot of time and patience! Unless you’re some master fruit segmented or something.
As you work, collect as much juice from the grapefruit into a measuring cup as you can. Ideally, we’re looking for 2 cups of juice. I only got 1 1/2 cups and topped the rest off with water.
Once all your fruit is segmented, place the grapefruit juice into a medium sauce pan along with the sugar and mint. Bring to a boil, stirring occasionally, until all the sugar is dissolved. Then, strain out the mint leaves.
Quickly, and carefully, pack sterilized jars with grapefruit segments. Pour the boiling syrup into each jar leaving a 1/4 inch headspace.
Process in a hot water bath canner for 5 minutes.

Juice one grapefruit into a liquid measure. On the second grapefruit, cut out the wedges. Place these wedges in a medium saute pan. Squeeze the remaining flesh and membranes of the grapefruit to release any juice into a bowl. Add the sugar and honey. Whisk to combine, then taste. If needed, add a teaspoon or more brown sugar to take away the tart of the grapefruit. Pour half of the mixture into a saute pan with the grapefruit wedges. Bring to a simmer and cook until liquid is reduced and slightly thickened, about 8 minutes.

To the remaining half add the oil, 1 teaspoon salt, and a few grinds of black pepper. Whisk to combine and pour into a plastic bag. Add the chicken, seal and toss a bit before resting on the counter for 25 to 30 minutes. Cook’s Note: Any longer and the acid in the grapefruit juice will “cook” the chicken in the marinade and ruin it.

Take chicken out of the marinade and cook on hot grill or grill pan if you don’t have a grill. Remove to a serving plate and pour the grapefruit sauce over the top.

We halfed the recipie for our family of 2 adults and 2 toddlers. We served over jasmine rice and had a side salad for adults and cut veggies for kids. No leftovers!

My husband and I also eat a grapefruit everyday with lunch… helps curb cravings and keeps us on track for losing the rest of baby and sympathy baby weight

I’ll be honest… my favorite Grapefruit recipe is one grapefruit, chilled and cut into individual squares. Eat and Enjoy. Simple and so yummy. No cooking required. Oh yes, you must squeeze after to create fresh grapefruit juice (drink in a cup or out of the fruit).

Instead of using lemon, 1/2 cup of pink grapefruit slices in a foil pack with salmon.
Place a piece of salmon on the center of a piece of aluminum foil. Drizzle olive oil on top and sprinkle garlic powder, black pepper and some cayanne. Top with a generous portion of pink grapefruit slices and wrap up the foil pack so that no air can escape.
Cook at 375 for about 20 minutes.
Be careful when you open the foil pack, the steam will be hot!
Remove salmon from foil pack and place on top of a serving of brown rice. Pour juices from foil pack on top of salmon and rice.
ENJOY!

Favorite recipe has to be ‘Grapefruit au naturale’. Cut a grapefruit in half along its equator. Take the kitchen shears and cut around the center to open the segments. Place the half in a pretty glass bowl, grab a small spoon and dish out the segments. When segments are gone, scrape against the membranes for final spoons full of juice.

With modern grapefruit no sugar or other additives are needed for a tasty fruit treat and it is simple enough to enjoy this way that prep is no hindrance to having grapefruit as part of breakfast or a snack.

Directions:
Mix grapefruit, orange, apples, pineapple, maraschino cherries, and grapes in a large bowl. Mash slightly with the back of a wooden spoon to release juices. Add bananas, coconut, walnuts, and sugar; stir to coat. Cover and refrigerate to blend flavors, at least 1 hour.

I am just starting to eat and drink grapefruit so my recipes are a bit limited but nothing beats a smoothie: 1 cup grapefruit juice, 1/2 cup strawberries & peaches, a small container of yogurt and a little honey or sugar, ice.

Directions
1. With a sharp knife, remove the peel and white pith from grapefruit and discard. Cut the grapefruit segments from the surrounding membrane, letting them drop into a bowl. Add avocado, shallot, cilantro, vinegar and honey. Toss well to combine.

Section 2 grapefruit (removing the skin as well)
Do the same with 3 oranges
Squeeze juice from pulp with your hand
Add 1/2 cup shredded coconut
Add 1/2 jar marachino cherries and a bit of juice
Mix it all together and enjoy!

My recipe is a cocktail recipe: 1/2 grapefruit cut up in chunks, 1/2 cup of pineapple cut in chunks, a splash of cranberry juice, two shots of Malibu rum or spiced rum, 2 shots of southern comfort and splash of orange juice. Mix in blender and makes two drinks.

2 grapefruit, peeled and cut into segments
6-8 oranges, peeled and cut into segments
2 red apples, peeled and chopped in small pieces, use the kind you like
1 small can pineapple, with juice, don’t strain
1-2 tsp sugar to sweeten it a little
1 cup coconut (we love it, but is opt.)
1 cup chopped pecans (opt., but sooo good)

Prepare all the fruit, and squeeze the juice into your mixing bowl. Add pineapple, sugar, pecans and coconut. Will have to sweeten according to your taste. Put in refrigerator and chill. Serves 6-8.

I’m not a huge grapefruit lover, but my husband will almost trample you to get to one. Last year we went on vacation to Maryland. We stopped half way up at a sweet bed and breakfast. The lady was from England and she served baked grapefruit for breakfast. We’d never had it, but it was REALLY good! She said you take the grapefruit, cut it in half, and bake at 350 until it starts to just sag a little. She served it hot with french toast, bacon, eggs, and a wonderful blend of citrus juices. We LOVED IT!!! I can still taste it! So easy, so yummy, and great memories!

I make a great grapefruit cake, the easy way. I use a box of yellow cake mix and instead of all the water I use half grapefruit juice. For the frosting I make a quick glaze using grapefruit juice and powder sugar and zesting the graoefruit I use a tablespoon of zest. For the middle layer after I frost it I put 1 hole grapefruit of sections around the cake then put the top layer on and use about a half grapefruit of sections to form a pretty grapefruit star on the top.

I have an easy and refreshing dessert, just take 1/2 cup sugar and 3 cups grapefruit and blend in a vitamix or blender. It creates a delicious liquid that can be frozen then scraped to create a grapefruit granita

Last week I bought 2 bottles of the Simply Grapefruit juice instead of fresh grapefruits. I have been making a drink using 1/2 c. grapefruit juice and 1/2 c. of Sprite zero over ice. And I made “Cranberry orange muffins” but replaced the orange juice with grapefruit juice. They are really delicious.

I also made a marinade for boneless pork chops using 1/4 c. soy sauce, 1/2 c. grapefruit juice, 1/4 c. veg. oil, 1/2 tsp. ground ginger, 1/4 tsp. garlic powder, dash salt and pepper. Marinate pork chops for at least 1 hour or longer, then bake in oven at 350 until done (depends upon thickness of pork chops) but usually 30 minutes works for me. I serve with wild rice and green beans.

Directions:
In a large pot, place the two grapefruit in just enough water to make them float freely. Bring to a boil, and let boil for about two hours or until you can easily pierce the flesh with a fork (add water from a kettle if too much boils away and the grapefruit touch the bottom). Drain the grapefruit, discard water and let fruit cool. Slice the grapefruit as finely as possible. Place the grapefruit, sugars and lemon juice back into the pot, and dissolve the sugars on low heat. Bring to a boil and let bubble until you reach the jell point, about 15 minutes. Ladle into clean, sterilized jars and process in a hot water bath for ten minutes.

I have always liked my grapefruit cut in half with sugar on top. I went to a health club 45 years ago and that it was recommended for weight loss and low blood pressure and as of this date have never had a problem with high blood pressure. I’m told that people with high blood pressure can not eat or drink grapefruit, why if it keeps blood pressure under control?????

Grapefruit Brulee
Ingredients
3 large pink or ruby-red grapefruits
6 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar
1 tablespoon butter cut into tiny pieces
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
Directions
1. Position oven rack about 5 inches from broiler; preheat broiler.
2. Slice the stem end and opposite end off each grapefruit. Stand the grapefruit, one cut-end down, on a work surface. Cut off the rind and pith with a sharp knife, making sure to remove all the white pith. Cut each fruit into 4 rounds, about 1/2 inch thick, by making slices parallel to the ones you made on the top and bottom.
3. Place the slices in a large baking pan in a single layer. Top each with 1 1/2 teaspoons brown sugar, dot with butter and sprinkle with a pinch of cinnamon and nutmeg.
4. Broil the grapefruit until bubbling and starting to brown, 6 to 8 minutes. Drizzle pan juices over each serving.

My kids and I love making “fresh fruity freezies” with juice including 100% Florida Grapefruit juice. We use 1/2 cup 100% Florida Grapefruit juice, 1/2 cup 100% Florida orange juice and 1/2 cup pineapple juice. Mix it all together in a pitcher then pour it into an ice tray. Put a layer of plastic wrap over the top and stick toothpicks or wooden kebob sticks through the plastic into the juice. Pop in the freezer and in a few hours you have a refreshing frozen treat thats great for us! The grapefruit juice is an excellent addition because it cuts the sweetness of the pineapple juice. Delicious!

This is something that I do to loose a couple of pounds.
1 or 2 sticks of celery
1 grapefruit
a few slices of pineapple and blend it.
I drink it in empty stomach and it lets me lose the unwanted pounds!

1 cup grapefruit juice
1 cup pineapple juice
1/2 cup of sugar
1 can of mixedfruit if you like
1 cup of ice cubes
mixed all togethar in a blender and enoy my kids love this stuff i could not get the to eat or drink grapefuits or grapefruit uice

I know you asked for a recipe, but I have to say that no recipe with grapefruit can top just plain ole grapefruit itself. I used to cut it in half and use a knife to segment and eat with sugar, but have learned you can peel a grapefruit just as you would an orange and eat just like an orange and sugar is not necessary. Grapefruit is my favorite fruit! I was thrilled when this coupon came out a couple weeks ago and even more excited today. We have been through 15 pounds of grapefruit in 2 1/2 weeks at my house between me and my two sons who love grapefruit just as much as I do.

I like to cut a grapefruit in half and drizzle with honey and brown sugar and then broil it. So yummy! Of course, the brown sugar is not the best for you, so if you are keeping it healthy, just the drizzle of honey. 😉

When I was a little girl, I remember my Mom always making Ambrosia at Christmastime. We lived close to Florida, so we always had Florida citrus fruits at our house. My mom always put grapefruit in her ambrosia, plus she added in extra cherries just for me

6 Navel Oranges, peeled and chopped into bite size pieces
2 grapefruits, peeled and chopped into bite size pieces
2 apples, chopped
1 Can crushed pineapple
1 small jar of maraschino cherries, drained and cut in half
1/4 cut flaked coconut
Toss oranges, grapefruits, apples, crushed pineapple and cherries together in a bowl; refrigerate an hour, then right before serving, add in the coconut and toss. Then enjoy!

Preparation
1.With a sharp knife, remove the peel and white pith from grapefruits and discard. Cut the grapefruit segments from the surrounding membranes, letting them drop into a small bowl. Working over a large bowl, squeeze the remaining membranes to extract the juice. Set the segments and juice aside separately.
2.Position rack in upper third of oven; preheat broiler. Line a broiler pan or baking sheet with foil.
3.Toss chicken, dry mustard, garlic powder, cinnamon, coriander, ginger, pepper and salt in a large bowl until the chicken is well coated. Place on the prepared pan in a single layer.
4.Broil the chicken until cooked through, about 5 minutes.
5.Meanwhile, whisk peanut butter, soy sauce, sugar and hot sauce into the reserved grapefruit juice until smooth. Add the cooked chicken and lettuce; toss to combine. Serve the salad topped with radishes and the reserved grapefruit segments.

My favorite energy recipe to make with grapefruit is a cup of strawberries washed, and sliced. One cup of grapefruit peeled and broken inhalf. One cup of celery washed and cut inti little blocks. One cup of diced apples washed you can peel the apple if you want but it but the peel adds crunch. One cup of kiwi peeled and washed sliced. One half cup of sweet shreeded coconut. Put everything in a big bowl and toss. This is a great desert and a real good breakfast it gives that get up and go feeling and fills you up and it is good for you. Hope you all enjoy this recipe.

My recipe is for Guacamole with a twist.
You need: 1 grapefruit segmented, 1/4 of a small red onion minced, 2 rough chopped ripe avacados, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 tablespoon cilantro finely chopped.
Place onions on a chopping board after mincing, and add 1/2 of the salt and sprinkle salt onto onions and squeeze to remove liquid. rinse with cold water & place in sieve and squeeze out any excess liquid. Then place on paper towels to dry. Add onions to bowl, add grapefruit breaking up as you add to bowl. Then add avacado, cilantro, and rest of salt. Fold ingredients together but leave chunky for best taste. Serve with your favorite(Blue corn tortilla) chips.

I like this sorbet.
6 pink grapefruits washed
1 cup granulated sugar
1 tablespoon lemon juice
After washing grapefruit use a zester or peeler to remove the zest of one grapefruit and chop coarsley. Next ina blender c ombine sugar and zest and blend until zest is very finely chopped. Next squeese 4 cups of juice from the grapefruits and pour into a mixing bowl and add zest, and lemon juice. Mix well. Place mixture into individual cups on a baking sheet and freeze. Makes about 8 one-half servings.

i have a receipe that is for grapefruit muffin. it is easy to make. use one pack of muffin mix and cut up the grapefruit and mix blender or by hand and bake them. make sure there is no seeds left over from the grapefruit . you can enjoy the muffin with fruit in it so you got the both of best thing in one thing.

In a bowl add strawberries one pound, one whole grapefruit washed pelled and cut up, two bananas sliced and peeled, and two table spoons of coconut and mix it with yogurt or top it off with yoplait whips yogurt either strawberry or keylime.

I make grapefruit popcicles with ease and it is so good. All you have to do is wash and peel the grapefruits 2-4, put them in a blender and place them with 2 tablespoon of sugar into a maker and let freeze.

My favorite recipe is the one my grandpa taught me. Simply cut a grapefruit in half and sprinkle with lots of sugar. Dig in with a spoon! I can’t bear to eat one any other way because of how it brings back great childhood memories of time spent with my grandpa!

i make fruit milkshake with any kind of fruits. this one i would put grapefruit without seeds and put in the blender with vanilla ice cream or peach ice cream and put a bit of cold milk and blender them as smooth or creamy .so good milkshake. you can make your own milkshakes with any kind of fruits.

i make grapefrit and grape juice combined in punch bowls when i have guests over.i would put a can of frozen grape juice and 1 or two can of grapefruit juice in punch bowl. cut up fresh grapefruits and get rid of seeds and drop the grapefruits in fruit bowl. i also cut slices of oranges to put them on top of juices just for pretty presentation in punch bowl.

I cut up 1 whole grapefruit aftr I peel it. Put grapefruit into a sauce pan and add toasted pecans and schllots. Saute for 5to7 minutes. Add to any salad or rotasted chicken, I may try it on porkchops next.

1 avacado cut into bite sized pieces
1 grapefruit peeled use only membrane
1 mangp cut into bite sized pieces
juice of one half lime
squeeze the lime and reserve the juice
In a large bowl combine avacado, grapefruit, and mango then pour reserved lime over toss and you are ready to serve.